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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08301988City of Sebastian POST OFFICE BOX 780127 [] SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32978 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 MINUTES OF MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD AUGUST 30~ 1988 - 4:00 P.M. MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH AT 4:00 P.M. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: ABSENT: KENNETH MEGUiN ROGER COOPER MICHAEL KENNEY THEODORE AHNEMAN RENE VAN DE VOORDE (ARRIVED AFTER ROLL CALL) EDWARD PALUCH, CHAIRMAN JOHN VAN ANTWERP, EX OFFICIO MEMBER EARL MASTELLER (EXCUSED) ROBERT MORROW " APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION BY MR. MEGUIN, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JULY 26, 1988. CARRIED. MOTION BY MR. COOPER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 28, 1988. CARRIED. OPERATING STATEMENT FOR PERIOD ENDING 7/31/88 - NO DISCUSSION. PUBLIC INPUT: LLOYD RONDEAU, 285 EASY STREET, REMARKED THAT IN THE 1986 PLAN THE RUNWAYS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE IN FAIR CONDITION. IN THE LATEST PLAN THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE POOR. HE ADDED THAT THERE WERE SIMILAR CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE PLAN BUT DID NOT WISH TO TAKE THE TIME TO POINT THEM OUT. HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT IF THE CITIZENS DO NOT GET COOPERATION FROM THE AIRPORT, THERE WILL NOT BE AN AIRPORT, AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. EDWARD GILCHER, MEMBER OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION - (SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL)- ASKED WHY THE NOISE STUDY RECOM- MENDED IN THE FIRST PLAN WAS DROPPED FROM THIS ONE. IF IT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE COST FACTO.R, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUDGET HAS AN ITEM WHICH ALLOCATES $80,000. TO THE SEBASTIAN AIRPORT TO DO A NOISE STUDY AND SUGGESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE RESTORED TO THE PLAN. PUBLIC INPUT (CONT'.) EDWARD GILCHER (CONT'D.) - MR. GILCHER QUESTIONED WHY A NOISE LEVEL OF 65 LDN WAS USED. ON SITE LAND USE MAP - PAGE 6-7 - MR. GILCHER CAN'T CORRELATE THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS WITH THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL AND AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL ZONING WHICH ARE NOT INDICATED. OLD BUSINESS: A. AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT: MR. VAN ANTWERP REPORTED THAT 95% OF THE MOWING IS COMPLETED. THE HERBICIDE PROGRAM HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED. MR. VAN ANTWERP HAS RESEARCHED ORDINANCES WITH REFERENCE TO TALL TOWERS. STATE LAWS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ENACTED TO EN- SURE THAT PART 77 OF FAA LAWS ARE COMPLIED WITH. IF A COM- MUNITY HAS ITS OWN ORDINANCE, THEY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT COMPLIES. STATE CONTROLS TALL TOWERS, BUT LOCAL ORDINANCES CAN CONTROL OTHER ASPECTS SUCH AS ZONING, OR A RADIUS AROUND WHICH YOU CAN'T HAVE AN OCCUPIED BUILDING. HE MENTIONED THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HAS A GOOD ORDINANCE. THE BOARD REQUESTED THAT A COPY BE OBTAINED AS WELL AS A COPY OF PART 77 AND THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. MR. VAN ANTWERP STATED THAT FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT IS NOT INTERESTED IN PUTTING UP POLES AND LIGHTS TO ILLUI~INATE THE PUBLIC PARKING AREA. THEY WILL REBATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY PER KILOWATT THAT IS BURNED WHICH WILL BE A ONE PAY- MENT DEAL BETWEEN $500.-1000. · ,MEETING MR. VAN ANTWERP ATTENDED A AIRPORT MANAGERS'tIN SARASOTA AND DISTRIBUTED VARIOUS DOCUMENTS INCLUDING A BROCHURE SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT ONE TIME RELATIVE TO PROMOTING THE AIRPORT AND ALSO A GLOSSARY OF AVIATION TERMS. MR. COOPER STATED THAT ESTIMATES SHOULD BE OBTAINED TO GET THE LIGHTING DONE AND MR. VAN ANTWERP ADVISED THAT HE HAS BEEN TALK- ING TO VARIOUS CONTRACTORS. MR. VAN ANTWERP WAS REQUESTED TO BRING BACK SOME ESTIMATES TO THE NEXT MEETING. LEASE - J & S AVIATION: MR. VAN ANTWERP, SPEAKING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUSI- NESS, NOT AS THE AIRPORT MANAGER, REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL THAT THE LEASE BE APPROVED AS SOON AS THE MORATORIUM IS LIFTED. MOTION BY MR. COOPER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THAT THE LEASE BE GIVEN FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION UPON LIFTING OF THE MORATORIUM, SUBJECT TO TERMS TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE. - 2 - 6. OLD BUSINESS (CONT.D) LEASE - J & S AVIATION (CONT'D.): THERE FOLLOWED A DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE TERMS OF THE LEASE AND WHILE THE BOARD FAVORED THE LEASING OF 1-1/2 ACRES FOR THE BUILDING OF HANGARS, THEY FELT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY CRITERIA ON ~{ICH TO BASE THE FIGURES. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT IT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS SUP- POSED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLAN. IT WAS THE CON- SENSUS OF THE BOARD THAT WHILE THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THE LEASE IN PRINCIPLE, TO APPROVE THE MOTION WOULD MAKE IT APPEAR THAT THEY APPROVED THE LEASE AS IT STANDS WHICH THEY FELT THEY COULD NOT DO AT THIS TIME. THE MOTION WAS NOT ACTED UPON. THIS ITEM WILL BE PLACED ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA. MASTER PLAN: MOTION BY MR. COOPER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, THAT A COPY OF THE QUIT CLAIM DEED BE INCLUDED IN THE BACK OF THE MASTER PLAN WITH THE OTHER DOCUMENTS. CARRIED. PAGE 1-7 - TAXIWAYS - MR. COOPER STATED THE ORIGINAL PLAN HAD A STATEMENT RELATIVE TO THE CONDITION OF THE TAXIWAYS. THIS PLAN DOES NOT. ALSO THE PLAN CALLS FOR RE-SURFACING OF RUNWAYS, BUT NOT TAXIWAYS. MOTION BY MR. COOPER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, THAT RE-SURFACING OF THE TAXIWAYS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE PLAN. CARRIED. MOTION BY MR. COOPER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, THAT THE CONDITION OF THE TAXIWAYS SHOULD BE STATED. CARRIED. PAGE 4-5 - AUTOMOBILE PARKING REQUIREMENTS - MR. COOPER POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN THE PARKING WAS TERMED VERY INADEQUATE WITH 1000 SQUARE YARDS AND 30 SPACES. THIS PLAN HAS 3000 SQUARE YARDS AND 84 SPACES AND NOTHING NEW HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. MOTION BY MR. COOPER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, THAT THE CONSULTANTS BE ASKED TO CLARIFY THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO PLANS RELATIVE TO AUTOMOBILE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. CARRIED. PAGE 7-3 - COST ESTIMATES - MR. COOPER STATED THERE ARE ENORMOUS DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE FIGURES IN THE PLAN AND FIGURES THAT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED LOCALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEM - $84,000. LOCALLY - $15,000. CONSTRUCT WEST SIDE ACCESS ROAD - $200,000. LOCALLY - $42,000. BASED ON THESE FIGURES, THE COST FOR PHASE I WOULD USE UP ALL THE MONEY. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT FUNDING FOR PHASE I IS ESTIMATED AT $1,311,600. RESULTING IN A DEBT SERVICE OF $1,766.255. MR. VAN ANTWERP WAS ASKED TO TALK TO THE CONSULTANTS ABOUT THESE FIGURES. - 3 - OLD BUSINESS (CONT'D.) C. MASTER PLAN (CONT'D.): WITH REFERENCE TO THE IIOISE STUDY, MR. i~cCLARY ADVISED THAT THE CONSULTANTS WERE REQUESTED TO GIVE A COST ESTIMATE ON A NOISE STUDY. THEY RESPONDED THAT THEY DON'T DO NOISE STUDIES AND PROVIDED THE NAME OF ANOTHER CONSULTANT TO GET A PRICE. MR. VAN ANTWERP ADVISED THAT WHILE THE CITY HAS A NOISE ORDINANCE, MR. PALMER, THE FORMER CITY ATTORNEY, HAD STATED THAT AIRCRAFT NOISE DOES NOT COME UNDER THIS. MR. VAN ANTWERP EXPLAINED THAT THE NOISE STUDY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT. THERE IS $80,000. ALLOTTED IN THE 5 YEAR PLAN OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHICH THEY WILL SHARE WITH US. WITH A 150 STUDY UNDER THE FAA AN ORDINANCE COULD CONTROL iN FLIGHT ROUTES, PATHS, PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW - AN ENFORCE- ABLE ORDINANCE. HE ADDED THAT ALMOST EVERY AIRPORT HAS A NOISE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE. THE COUNCIL ORIGINALLY HAD THIS IN THE PLAN WITH DIRECTION TO STUDY FEASIBILITY AND COST. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A SMALL AIRPORT TO HAVE SUCH A STUDY. HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T CHANGE TAKE OFF AND LANDING NOISE. YOU CAN CHANGE ROUTES AND ALLEVIATE LOCAL CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS. MOTION BY MR. VAN DE VOORDE, SECONDED BY MR. COOPER, TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL THAT A NOISE STUDY BE MADE. CARRIED. IT WAS AGREED THAT DISCUSSION ON THE MASTER PLAN WOULD BE CONTINUED AT THE NEXT MEETING. MR. KENNEY SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN VIEW OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AIRPORT AREA. MR. GILCHER WAS REQUESTED TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE TO THE PLAN- NING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. NEW BUSINESS A. 1988-89 BUDGET REVISION MR. VAN ANTWERP ADVISED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED INPUT ON BUDGETING $59,000. TO DO AN ENGINEERING STUDY FOR THE OVERLAY AND LIGHTING ON RUNWAY 4/22. WE ARE ELIGIBLE IN THE STATE'S PLAN FOR 90% OF THAT. IF WE HAVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS IN HAND, IT WOULD SPEED UP THE STATE'S APPROVAL OF THE PLAN. MOTION BY MR. COOPER, SECONDED BY MR. KENNEY, THAT $59,000. BE BUDGETED THIS YEAR FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY REGARDING OVERLAY AND LIGHTING FOR RUNWAY 4/22. CARRIED. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:45 P.M. - 4 - City of Sebastian POST OFFICE BOX 780127 n SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32978 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TUESDAY~ AUGUST 30~ 1988 - 4:00 P.M. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVE MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF JUNE 28 AND JULY 26 4. OPERATING STATEMENT FOR PERIOD ENDING 7/31/88 5. PUBLIC INPUT 6. OLD BUSINESS: A. AIRPORT MANAGER'S REPORT B. LEASE - J & S AVIATION C. MASTER PLAN 7. NEW BUSINESS: A. 1988-89 BUDGET REVISION 8. ADJOURN City of Sebastian POST OFFICE BOX 780127 [] SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32978 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 NOTICE OF MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1988 - 4:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1225 MAIN STREET, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA The Airport Advisory Board will hold their Regular Meeting in City Council Chambers on Tuesday, August 30, 1988, at 4:00 P.M. Ail interested parties are invited to attend. ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE AT THE ABOVE MEETING WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE HEARD.